Our Character Big Idea for March is Cooperation. Throughout the month we will be on the lookout for students who exhibit thing willingness to work with others. As Helen Keller stated "Together, we can do a lot." Congratulations to these students they were are shining examples of "cooperation" from last week.
Fun Friday before spring break with the Chick-fil-A cow and special guest!
Kindergarten hoping to catch the leprechaun!
3rd grade has been studying space. Today we were able to talk with a real engineer from NASA. She actually grew up in Gardendale, Alabama. The kids asked amazing questions.
Our FPS team qualified for State Bowl coming in 2nd in their pool. We did not win a trophy at State Bowl, but we had a great time traveling to Troy University at Montgomery to compete! We are so proud of them!!
Congratulations to our Students of the Month for February. The following are the Students of the Month for the past month.
Pre-K: Nora Loggins
Kindergarten: Emmylou Clay, Easton Davis, & EJ Stasko
1st Grade: Wes McDonald & Savannah Renda
2nd Grade: Braxton Cousins & Carter Ragland
3rd Grade: Leaha Pennington & Parker Bearden
4th Grade: Gavin Cruse & Karsyn Oswalt
5th Grade: Evie Taylor & Seth Doss
Rickwood Caverns Field Trip for 4th grade!
Read Across America Week!
We love Jefferson County's new mobile art lab! @jefcoed
Kindergarten's Royal Celebration!
Congratulations to our Science Olympiad Team !
I would say that Saturday's competition was fun and a great learning experience for our kiddos!
MOE came in 11th out of 16 teams.
4th Place - Bridging the Gap: Matthew Booth and Avett Arrington
3rd Place - Knock, Knock Who's There?: Izzy Wooten and Cora Frengel
2nd Place - Measurement & Metrics: Jake Wilson and Jase Courington
3rd Place - Pastamobile: Jase Courington and Matthew Booth
2nd Place - Write It, Do It: Jake Wilson and Avett Arrington
The 2025 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Kids Marathon was Saturday, February 22. Several Mount Olive students participated in this event! Way to go!
Good luck in Auburn!!
Mrs. Hendrix class created Valentine's Day boxes. This was the winner for the most creative Valentine's Box !
Character Big Idea for February: Uniqueness
Our Character Big Idea for February is uniqueness. Throughout the month we will be on the lookout for students who accept and embrace diversity in themselves and others. Here are the first students chosen for February.
Hope you had a chance to read aloud to someone yesterday! World Read Aloud Day!
Our Robotics Team in Action! Tuesday, the robotics team competed in their 3rd robotics competition. They are currently 12/24 teams. We will go to the Championship on Feb
15 for a chance to go to State.
Dog Man hit the theaters in January 31. To celebrate the library gave away copies of Dog Man books! We had 5 winners!
In Mrs. Hendrix's class, students are reading nonfiction texts about geology. As part of this CKLA unit, students got to participate in a hands-on experiment about the different types of tectonic plate movements.
Order through the Chick-fil-A app at the Gardendale location. Select "yes, I would like to support" the Community Care Event and 20% of sales will go to support Mount Olive Elementary PTA!
